AP Spotlight Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs in its latest round of layoffs The Associated Press Jan 28, 2026 Jan 28, 2026 Updated Mar 6, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Amazon is slashing about 16,000 jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the e-commerce company in three months.kAm%96 E649 8:2?E 92D D2:5 :E A=2?D E@ FD6 86?6C2E:G6 2CE:7:4:2= :?E6==:86?46 E@ C6A=246 4@CA@C2E6 H@C<6CD] xE 92D 2=D@ 366? C65F4:?8 2 H@C<7@C46 E92E DH6==65 5FC:?8 E96 A2?56>:4]k^AmkAmq6E9 v2=6EE:[ 2 D6?:@C G:46 AC6D:56?E 2E p>2K@?[ D2:5 :? 2 3=@8 A@DE (65?6D52J E92E E96 4@>A2?J 92D 366? QC65F4:?8 =2J6CD[ :?4C62D:?8 @H?6CD9:A[ 2?5 C6>@G:?8 3FC62F4C24J]Qk^Am People walk out of an Amazon Go store in Seattle, March 4, 2020. Ted S. Warren, Associated Press kAm%96 =2E6DE C65F4E:@?D 7@==@H 2 C@F?5 @7 ;@3 4FED :? ~4E@36C[ H96? p>2K@? D2:5 :E H2D =2J:?8 @77 `c[___ H@C<6CD] (9:=6 D@>6 p>2K@? 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